Machine for cutting grain.



Elm 879,666. PATENTED FEB. 18, 1908. J. T. NBILD.

MACHINE FOR CUTTING GRAIN.

APPLICATION FILED PERM), 1907. I v

iuiairnn STATES JOHN THOMAS NEILD, or LEONARDVILLE, KANSAS.

MACHINE FOR C'EITTING GRAIN.

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Specification of Letters Intent.

, Patented Feb. 18, isos.

Application filed February 9. 1907. Serial No,"3 56.60

To all whom it may concernn 1 Be it known that I, J onN THOMAS NEILD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Leonard'ville, in the county of Riley and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Cutting Grain, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in machines for cutting-grain from the stalks and it has particular reference to an apparatus designed for attachment to a wagon and including grain cutting mechanism and mechanism for transferring the cut grain to the said wagon.

he invention aims as a primary object to provide a device of the above type having a novel construction, combination, and ariangcrnent of parts as embodied 1n the cutting and transferring mechanism.

The invention aims as afurther ob'ect to provide a grain cutting machine whic shall be simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and practical and efficient in use.

drawings forming a part of this speci cation,

like characters of reference designating-sinus lar parts throughout the several views,

Fig. 2 is'a side elevation thereof, and-Fig 3- I is a'detailed fragmentary vertical section on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Referring specifically to the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates a wagon for'receiving the cut grain having the axle c and the tractionwheel a.

-,' lhe letter B designates :the ap aratus' forming the present invention, sai apparatus comprising a supporting frame 1 and a trough or runway The frame 1 cornprises a hanger 3 havinga hooked end 4 for engagement with the upper edge of the side of the wagon and at its lower end having connection with a laterally projecting horizontal arm 5. It should be here stated, that the frame 1 'is, constituted of the above mentioned parts arranged in parallelism, the

arms 5 in this relation carrying at spaced oints trestles 6, which at their upper ends ve bearings 7 to receive the trunnions 8 carried by platesQsecu'red to the sides of the The detailed constructionwill appear in the course of the following description in. which reference is had to the accoin anying unway 2. at an approximately central point. One of the arms 5 carries an adjustably mov lar sha e, which at its upper end has detachab e engagement wit a block 11 designed for insertion through a strap 12 provided u on theadjacent side of the runway 2. selected pivotal adjustmenton its trunnio'ns.

ployed, which at the/termination of its horizontal leg 14, has pivotal connection by 'means of a bolt andvslot joint 15 with the 16 for engagement with the teeth of aquad' tion to the ivot 18-of saidlever.

The whee ais utilized to drive the movable elements of the apparatus and to this end carries a large s rocket wheel .(not shown on the draWings)-,w ch't'hrough the medium of a chain 19 trained over a sprocket wheel '20, drives the. shaft 21 upon which said spro'cket wheel is carried. The shaft 21 is journaled in a bracket bearing 22fixed .to the sideflof the runway 21and at its inner end carries a'bevel pinion 23, which meshes with a similar pinion 24 carried upon theadjacent projecting end, ofa shaft 25 journaled transversely'in the walls of the runway 2 at the .up'per end thereof. Said runway at its lower .end has a'sirnilar shaft 26 parallel to the shaft 25 and driven therefrom by a 29' located centrally .on; said 'respective -shafts. The runway 2 at its upper end is charge spout '30 projecting into the wagon on one side with a raised wall portion 31 and on, the other side withan angularly ex tendinghorizontal shelf 32, the sides of said -runw'ay boin flattened and edged, and pro jecting beyohd saidfshelf 32 to afford stationary cutting knives 33. The shaft 26 projects beyond the side of the runway 2 adacent said knives and carries at its end a wheel 34 having concentric crowned pinion shaft 39 carrying at its upper end a socket wheel provided with radially'extending curved gathering-in arms 41. Surrounding able brace member 10 preferably oftriangw:

adjacent side ofcthe runway 2. .The lever- 13 carries a manually operated sliding pawl provided with a downwardly inclined dis-- faces 35 and 36. Said shaft projects through a bracket 37 fixed to the side of said runwayand having'p'arallel horizontal bearing arms 38 which'oonstitute supports for a vertical Sai runway is designed to be set atany- To this end'an L shaped lever 13 is exnrant 17 arranged concentrically with relachain 27 trained over sprocket wheels 28 and a I A. At its lower end, said runway is formed arranged at the sides arthe shaft 39 and likewise journaled in the upper bearing arm 38 is a sleeve 42 which carries at its upper end radial cutting knives 48. The sleeve 42 carries at its lower end a pinion 4a and the shaft 39 carries a pinion 45. The pinion faces 35 and 36 are designed to engage the respective pinions 44 and 45. The pinion face 35 is of greater circumference than the face 36, and assuming that the pinions 4.4 and 45 are coextensive, the pinion &4. will be driven at a greater speed than the pinion 45. This is necessary in order that the cutting knives 48 may rotate at a speed greater than that of the cutting arms..-

The shelf 32 is cutaway at its rear portion as at 46 to permit of the passage thereby -of conveyer lingers 47 provided upon slats .or bars 48 carried transversely between belts e9 the runway '2 and trained over suitable pulleys (not shown), provided upon the ends of the-shafts 25 and 26. The lingers 47 thus afford apositive means for conveying material through the runway 2, such material at the termination of the upward travel of the conveying mech anism, gravitating byway of the spout 30 into the wagon A.

The manner of use will be readily apparent from the foregoing description. As a wagon is moved over the field, the action of the movable parts will be continuous. The grain is cut from the stalks in rows. The knives 33 serve as guides to initially direct the grain towards the shelf This action is facilitated by the gathering-in arms 41.

The knives 43 then come into action and in their rapid rotation sever the grain from the stalk. The grain thus severed, as the Wagon advances, by the action'of the arms 41 and also by the pressure of the grain subsequently and con.-

tinuously del'vered "upon said shelf. In this action the enlarged wall p0rtion31 prevents the grain from being forced over the side of the runway, When the grain has been fed rearwardly a sufficient distance in the manner .described, it is en aged by thefingers 47 and conveyed throng the runway as will be readily understood.

While the elements herein shown and de scribed are well adapted to serve the functions set forth, it is obvious that various minor changes may be made in the proportions, shape and arrangement-pf the several is fed rearwardly upon the shelf 32 7 parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having fully described my claim: I

1. In a machine for cutting grain the combination with a wagon carrying a supporting frame at one side thereof, of a downward an outward runway pivotally mounted therein and having an angularly extending shelf at the lower end thereof terminating in a curved stationary cutting edge, rotating cutting knives mounted adjacent said shelf, transferring mechanism carried by said runway, and means for feeding the material from said cutters to said mechanism, substantially as described.

invention I ward and outward inclined runway termina ting at its lower end in an angularly extending shelf having a curved cutting edge, rotating cutting knives mounted adjacent said shelf, transferring mechanism carried by said runway, and rotating gathering arms mounted concentric with said cutting knives and ar ranged to feed the material from said cutters to said runway, substantially as described.

In a machine for cutting grain, a downward and outward inclined runway terminating at its lower end inan angularly extending shelf having a curved cutting edge rotating cutting knives mounted adjacent said shelf, transferring mechanism carried by said runway, rotatinggathering arms mounted. concentric with said cutting knives, and mechanism for driving said ,cutting knives at a relatively greater speed than said gathering arms, substantially as described. 4. In a machinefor cutting grain, the combination with a wagon carrying a supporting frame,- of a runway pivotally mounted in said frame, cutting and transferring mechanism carried by said runway, and a lever pivotally mounted in said frame and having a sliding connection with saidrunway adj acent itspivot for adjusting the same, substantially as described. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN THOMAS NEILD.

Witnesses:

GODFREY LAGERQUIST, vCHAS. F. SOHBIEBER.

2. In .a machine for cutting grain, a down-' 

